Memory phrase for the character: 阉


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Meaning to castrate, a castrate, neuter

Pronunciation

yān

Explanation

Outside: gate /門, inside: suddenly (i.e. a lightning stroke: The big electricity comes suddenly.) [electricity = field with lightning arrester ]

Mnemonic


 
(Electric pasture fence? - When climbing over:) the gate, the big electricity made him: a castrate.

Radicals

gateSimplified from 門, which shows a gate with two wings.
suddenlyThe lower part means 'electricity' and was simplified from 電, wherein during rain the lightning rod in the field has electricity. The big electricity refers to a lightning flash that comes suddenly.
electricityField with lightning rod .
lighting rodThe use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".
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 Vocabulary

阉割 yān gē  to castrate; fig. to emasculate
阉竖 yān shù  eunuch (contemptuous appellation)
阉然 yān rán  covertly; secretly
阉然 yān rán  


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